We have released an important security update for our video diary software for Mac,
Video Mémoires 1.1.

This update replaces insecure connections to our servers when checking
for update with encrypted secure HTTPS connections, addressing
recently disclosed vulnerabilities
related to the use of Sparkle framework with insecure connections.

Mac App store version of Video Mémoires is not affected, as it doesn’t use Sparkle framework.

How to upgrade

This update is free for all users of Video Mémoires. You will be asked to upgrade
the next time the program checks for updates, however we recommend updating
manually by downloading the latest version from our website:
https://www.codingrobots.com/videomemoires/

If you purchased Video Mémoires from Mac App Store, you don’t have to do anything.

Note about Mémoires

Mémoires has been switched to secure updating since version 4.5 (released
in 2014), so it is not vulnerable. If you use earlier unsupported version,
please upgrade to the latest one as soon as possible.

We have released an update for our diary software for Mac, Mémoires 4.5.1.

What’s New

Added exact searches (surround your whole search query with quote marks to
search for the exact phrase). Previous version
introduced improved search by splitting quieries into words. Some users
wanted the exact search back, so in this release we introduced it back: for
example, to search for why me, but not for why not me, type “why me”,
including quotes.

How to upgrade

This update is free for all users of Mémoires 4. You will be asked to upgrade
the next time the program checks for updates, or you can do it manually from
the program by clicking Mémoires → Check for Updates… in the top
menu.

We have released a new version of our diary software for Mac, Mémoires 4.5.

What’s New

New look optimized for OS X 10.10 Yosemite. It’s less cluttered and looks
great in the new OS X, as well as in the previous versions of Apple’s operating
system. (Also, the app now has a new icon!)

Improved search. The program now splits queries into words before searching,
so it’s now possible to find an entry containing “awesome vegan lunch” by looking
for “awesome lunch”, while previous versions required entering the exact phrase.

Updates via HTTPS. While automatic updates were already secure by relying
on digital signatures, in this version, in addition to signatures, we turned on
Transport Layer Security for improved confidentiality.

We fixed bugs, such as editor losing focus during saving, slow typing with a lot of text or images, and many other smaller issues.

How to upgrade

This update is free for all users of Mémoires 4.0. You will be asked to upgrade
the next time the program checks for updates, or you can do it manually from
the program by clicking Mémoires → Check for Updates… in the top
menu.

We are happy to announce the first beta release of our new product – Journalite! It’s a fresh approach to diary/journaling software
on Windows.

When we first released Mémoires, our Mac diary app, back in 2007,
we received a lot of requests from Windows users, who liked its simplicity and
elegant interface, to make similar program for PC. We still receive such
requests in 2014, and now we have the answer!

Journalite is a new app written from scratch using the
cutting-edge technologies. Our experience in making diary software led us to
re-think a lot of details, and we think we have the easiest to use and very
powerful application for writing journals on Windows. (Even though some features
we’d like to have are missing, they’ll be added soon).

But it’s just the beginning! We’re releasing the first early beta version today
so that you can start writing your diary right now and give us feedback.

Update: we decided to discontinue Journalite. It is no longer available.

We are happy to announce the release of Mémoires 4,
the new major version of our easy-to-use journaling app for Mac OS X! The new
version is available for download exclusively from our website.

Here are highlights of what’s new in this major version:

Fresh new look.
Mémoires 4 comes with the improved and modernized user interface, which wastes
less screen space and has better usability. Search field is now closer to
search results; password field is integrated into the journal window.

Improved security.
Encrypted journals now use
AES-256 encryption
with a key derived from the supplied password using the state-of-the-art
scrypt key derivation function, which
makes bruteforcing passwords very difficult and costly. After encryption,
journals are authenticated with the fast and secure keyed
BLAKE2 hash function to prevent malicious modification of
encrypted journals. Mémoires 4 will automatically convert your journals to the
new encryption scheme when you open them.

Native autosave and versions.
Mémoires now uses the native OS X autosave and versions feature, which means
that your journals are now automatically and constantly backed up by Time
Machine, and you no longer need to save your journals explicitly.

Native full screen.
The new version comes with improved full screen support, which uses the native
full screen feature of OS X. You no longer need to switch between a window and
full screen modes to use the calendar or search for entries.

Keyboard navigation.
You can now navigate through the calendar with arrow keys on your keyboard.
Pressing Return after editing entry title will let you switch to editing the
entry content.

Faster Spotlight indexing.
We rewrote the Spotlight indexer and made it so fast that we removed the option
to disable it: it will be used automatically for non-encrypted journals, as it
no longer slows down the saving.

Go To Date.
Now when you want to go to a specific date, you no longer need to click on the
arrows in calendar — just click View > Go To Date… and enter the date to
jump to.

“Insert” menu.
It is now easier to insert links, quick drawings, or images by using the new
Insert menu.

…and lots of other small tweaks, improvements, and bug fixes.

Mémoires 4 is a native Cocoa 64-bit application and is compatible with the
following OS X versions: 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, and 10.9 Mavericks.